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soil and the state of cultivation, thirty and thirty-live 

 tons being frequently harvested from an aure." 



GERMAN RED MANGEL-WURZEL. 



Disette d' Allemagne. Vilmorin. 



Burr describes it as u an improved variety of the long 

 red mangel-wurzel, almost regularly cylindrical, and 

 terminating at the lower extremity in an obtuse cone. 

 It grows much out of ground ; the neck or crown is 

 comparatively small ; it is rarely forked or deformed 

 by small side roots, and is generally much neater and 

 more regular than the long red. Size very large ; 

 well-developed specimens measuring from eighteen to 

 twenty inches in length, and seven or eight inches in 

 diameter. Flesh white, with red zones or rings. 

 Leaves erect, green ; the stems and nerves washed or 

 stained with rose-red. 



u For agricultural purposes this variety is superior 

 to the long red, as it is larger, more productive, and 

 more easily harvested." 



LONG WHITE GREEN-TOP MANGEL-WURZEL. 



Green- top White Sugar. Long White Mangel-wurzel. Disette 

 blanche ci collet vert. Vilmorin. 



" An improved variety of the white sugar beet. 

 Root produced much above ground, and of very large 

 size ; if well grown> measuring nearly six inches in 

 diameter, and eighteen inches in depth the diameter 

 often retained for nearly two thirds the length. Skin 

 green, where exposed to light and air ; below ground, 

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